अपभ्रंश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অপভ্ৰংশ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬧᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
• অপভ্রংশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰢𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀧𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• အပဘြံၐ (Burmese script)
• અપભ્રંશ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਪਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌪𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦥꦨꦿꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂣𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಪಭ್ರಂಶ (Kannada script)
• អបភ្រំឝ (Khmer script)
• ອປຠ຺ຣໍຨ (Lao script)
• അപഭ്രംശ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢒᠠᢨᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘢𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢒᠠᠪᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧂𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐥𑐨𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଅପଭ୍ରଂଶ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢦꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆥𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖢𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
• අපභ්‍රංශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩰𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚞𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
• அபப்⁴ரஂஶ (Tamil script)
• అపభ్రంశ (Telugu script)
• อปภฺรํศ (Thai script)
• ཨ་པ་བྷྲཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒣𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨞𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अप- (apá-, “down, back”) +‎ भ्रंश (bhraṃśá, “deviation”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐbʱ.ɾɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐbʱˈɾɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun

अपभ्रंश • (apabhraṃśá) stem, m

1. falling down, a fall
2. (grammar, linguistics) corrupted form of a word, corruption
3. (grammar, linguistics) ungrammatical language
4. (grammar, linguistics) the most corrupt of the Prakrit dialects

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अपभ्रंशः apabhraṃśáḥ	अपभ्रंशौ / अपभ्रंशा¹ apabhraṃśaú / apabhraṃśā́¹	अपभ्रंशाः / अपभ्रंशासः¹ apabhraṃśā́ḥ / apabhraṃśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अपभ्रंश ápabhraṃśa	अपभ्रंशौ / अपभ्रंशा¹ ápabhraṃśau / ápabhraṃśā¹	अपभ्रंशाः / अपभ्रंशासः¹ ápabhraṃśāḥ / ápabhraṃśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अपभ्रंशम् apabhraṃśám	अपभ्रंशौ / अपभ्रंशा¹ apabhraṃśaú / apabhraṃśā́¹	अपभ्रंशान् apabhraṃśā́n
Instrumental	अपभ्रंशेन apabhraṃśéna	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् apabhraṃśā́bhyām	अपभ्रंशैः / अपभ्रंशेभिः¹ apabhraṃśaíḥ / apabhraṃśébhiḥ¹
Dative	अपभ्रंशाय apabhraṃśā́ya	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् apabhraṃśā́bhyām	अपभ्रंशेभ्यः apabhraṃśébhyaḥ
Ablative	अपभ्रंशात् apabhraṃśā́t	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् apabhraṃśā́bhyām	अपभ्रंशेभ्यः apabhraṃśébhyaḥ
Genitive	अपभ्रंशस्य apabhraṃśásya	अपभ्रंशयोः apabhraṃśáyoḥ	अपभ्रंशानाम् apabhraṃśā́nām
Locative	अपभ्रंशे apabhraṃśé	अपभ्रंशयोः apabhraṃśáyoḥ	अपभ्रंशेषु apabhraṃśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अपभ्रंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0050.